Taylor Peterson
Mental Health Therapist
LMSW
Taylor takes a strengths-based, client-centered approach that’s collaborative, culturally sensitive and non-judgmental. Taylor uses cognitive behavior therapy, solution focused therapy, expressive arts therapy, play therapy, EMDR, and motivational interviewing to help clients achieve their goals.
Modalities
Individuals
Families
Specialties
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- ADHD
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Issues
- Child or Adolescent
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Divorce
- Domestic Violence
- Family Conflict
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive Compulsive
- Oppositional Defiance
- Panic Attacks
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Stress
- Suicidal Ideation
- Trauma and PTSD
Treatments
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- Art Therapy
- Bibliotherapy
- Body-Mind Psychotherapy
- Breathwork
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Conflict Resolution Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Mindfulness-Based Intervention
- Parent Work
- Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian Therapy)
- Play Therapy
- Sand Tray Therapy
- Self-Acceptance Training
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
- Theraplay
Meet Taylor Peterson
Locations
Insurance Accepted
- Iowa Medicaid
- HAWKI
- Amerigroup / Wellpoint
- Iowa Total Care
- Molina
- United Healthcare
- UMR
- Wellmark BCBS
- Cigna
- Optum VA
- Health Partners
- Medica
- Midland’s Choice
- Crime Victims Compensation Funding of Iowa
- Private Pay
- County Social Services Funding (Grundy, Black Hawk, Allamakee, Butler, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Tama, Winneshiek counties)
- SED Funding (Linn County residents only)
- MHDD Funding (Linn County residents only)
Clients
- Toddlers / Preschoolers (0 to 6)
- Children (6 to 10)
- Preteens / Tweens (11 to 13)
- Adolescents / Teenagers (14 to 19)
- Adults
A Safe Space
I value creating a safe space within therapy, which allows clients to be vulnerable, build the therapeutic relationship, and connect with parts of themselves that carry emotional pain. Especially in my work as a play therapist, having a safe space allows children to play freely and express themselves without judgment.
Building Therapeutic Connections
Building therapeutic connections is meaningful to me, and I do so by working collaboratively with clients through the use of play therapy, EMDR, internal family systems therapy, etc.
Taylor’s Latest Mental Health Tips
Improving the Parent-Child Relationship
Attachment is the way in which children come to trust, understand and thrive in their world. The parent-child attachment is one of the most important attachments in a child’s life. One approach to help improve the parent-child relationship is called Theraplay.